Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/9] Add memfd memory backend

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 07:48:43PM +0100, Marc-André Lureau wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Marc-André Lureau
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Add a new Linux-specific memory backend, similar to hostmem-file,
> > except that it doesn't need file path. It also try to enforce memory
> > sealing if available. It is thus slightly easier and secure, and is
> > compatible with transparent huge-pages since Linux 4.8.
> >
> > Since Linux 4.14, memfd supports explicit hugetlb, however without
> > sealing.
> 
> A little update here, 4.16 is likely to support sealing with hugetlb
> too (patches are in -mm tree). This should make memfd the prefered
> backend for sharing memory with a vhost-user backend.
> 
> please review.
> thanks

I've queued patches 1-2 on machine-next.  I plan to review the
rest soon.  Sorry for the long delay.

-- 
Eduardo